Social aspects of contract farming
Moore :- contract farming will help small family farms and farm laboures who need
capital and marginal assistance.
1.separating land ownership from the power to make land use decisions
2.Marginalization of farm families
3.contract farming is also thought of as way of commercialization and industrialization in
agriculture especially for the developing countries like India
Sociologist stated that the growth of contract farming is related to the implementation of neo-liberal policies that are connected with the removal of state support to agriculture based on the experience in several third world countries.
Similarities to New social movements
1.leaderless :- the movement is neither organized by a political party nor by a central leader ( absence of pan india leadership )
2.classless movement :- all farmers cutting across divisions of rich-poor regions, gender,
caste, class whether landowners on landless labourer converged for the movement.
Gail omvedt :- says all the farmers movement today are non-class movements today the demand for rise in MSP, is the sole aim for the farmers movement
3.anti-state agenda :- the movement has strong anti state agenda and strictly forbids
political parties from joining the protest to prevent Politicisation of thier agenda.
They were driven by interest ideology and they wanted to extract maximum benefit out of the state policies. They were instrumental in government for a rethinking on its
development strategy .
1.the movement is economist ( Ex- Raise MSP to at least 50% more than the cost of average
weighted production)
2.the movement believes in secularism ( no religion and uniformity in demand )
3.the farmers movement believed in having a distinct worldwide this is called " positive
liberalism "
4. It believes as well as resorts to constitutional means such as agitations and dharna. ( Agitational politics )
5.these farmers protest do not believe in romanticising thier life style or social life.
6.farmer protest believe in the principles of going beyond locality ( beyond nationality to
internationalism )
7.Non-political stance ( disassociating from the electoral politics + keeping distance from
parties + upholding agitational politics.
8.common strategies of agitation ( massive demonstration + blacking of road including
highways and railways + dilli chalos )
9.farmers movement in India not always progressive can also regressive ( they don't wantchange )
Criticisms of farmer protest
1.lack of properly defined leadership and organisation hampers the sustainability of the
movement
2.farmers movement is highly biased towards Market oriented farms than those who are
living in the subsistence economy.
3.politicisation of farmers protest ( political majoritarianism )
